STEM Santa Fe advocates for, develops and provides STEM programming, mentoring and resources for all youth, especially underrepresented groups in STEM, to realize their potential and expand their opportunities in a dynamic world. STEM Santa Fe envisions a world filled with analytical citizens exploring complex issues for the betterment of society.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$58K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $163K a year · 44% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$58K
to officers and key staff · 37% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 37% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
31 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 30.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $73K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$326K
+55% vs prior year
Spent
$157K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$406K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$326K
FY2022▲ +55%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$210K
FY2022$326K
FY2023$506K
FY2024$338K
FY2025$486K
Expenses
$157K
FY2022▲ +44%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$109K
FY2022$157K
FY2023$203K
FY2024$230K
FY2025$350K
Net assets
$406K
FY2022▲ +71%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$237K
FY2022$406K
FY2023$711K
FY2024$832K
FY2025$956K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2017.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $122K Management & general 9% · $14K Fundraising 14% · $21K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
$57,700Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rocio Gosende-Washburn’s $62K as Executive Dir. is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Lina S Germann—$54,279$67,000$57,700$52,900
Rocio Gosende-Washburn$61,727————
Leanna McClure$29,820————
Rocia Gosende-Washburn—$10,888———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects youth, especially underrepresented groups, with STEM programs, mentors, and resources to build skills and opportunities.

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3 programs · $101K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

STEM Scaffold Santa Fe @ Middle and High Schools ($37,399)This program (back in person) provides mentors to guide middle school and high school students through STEM projects that are culturally and locally relevant. Our STEM Scaffold Santa Fe in-school program during 2021-2022 was at six schools.

$37Kprogram expense
02

STEM Pathways for Girls ($35,775)An inspiring monthly program dedicated for girls and nonbinary students in 5th-8th grade. We hosted our annual fall STEM Pathways for Girls Conference in a hybrid format due to COVID-19 restrictions, with hands-on workshops led by female STEM professionals and two keynote speeches streamed live on…

$36Kprogram expense
03

Summer STEM Circles (a.k.a. Summer Camps), Math Programs, Native American Program $27,891Our Summer camps and STEM Circles were back in person. We offered 8 sessions of weekly camps with 6 unique themes over the span of 6 weeks: Designing & Building Drones Camp, Making a Miniaturized Chemical Sensor, Building Motion Sensors with Arduino…

$28Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$73K
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$326K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$293K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Money outPt IX
$157K
Ln 25
Programscol B$122K
Managementcol C$14K
Fundraisingcol D$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$406K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$403K
Total assetsLn 16$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$293K
Government grantsLn 1e$14K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Investment incomeLn 3$267
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$326K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$178K
SavingsLn 2$225K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$403K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Other assetsLn 15$600
Total assetsLn 16$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$406K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6175
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$251K$403K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$253K$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K$1K
Net assetsLn 32$237K$406K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$64K$48K$8K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$15K$6K$36$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$4K$604$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$2K$295$660
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$25K$24K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$11K$144$513
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$460$32$428
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$2K$278$444
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$109
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$745$495$250
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$976$787$104$85
InsuranceLn 23$2K$814$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$21K$19K$1K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$1K$668$842
Total functional expensesLn 25$157K$122K$14K$21K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $486K$350K$136K$956K 990 PDF
FY2024 $338K$230K$109K$832K 990 PDF
FY2023 $506K$203K$303K$711K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $326K$157K$169K$406K 990 PDF
FY2021 $210K$109K$100K$237K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $326,109 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $200,722$293,436
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,880$26,525
I-10 Investment income$267
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,134$5,881
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $209,736$326,109
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $65,012$84,361
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $44,339$72,899
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $109,351$157,260
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $100,385$168,849
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $326,109 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$14,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$278,936
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,837
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$293,436
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $26,525$26,525
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $267$267
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $5,881$5,881
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $26,792 · Excluded from tax $5,881$326,109
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $157,260 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $48,348 · Management $7,542 · Fundraising $7,610$63,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,423 · Management $36 · Fundraising $8,272$14,731
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,254 · Management $604 · Fundraising $1,272$6,130
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,251 · Management $295 · Fundraising $660$3,206
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $23,557 · Management $1,075$24,632
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,753 · Management $144 · Fundraising $513$11,410
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $32 · Management $428$460
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,095 · Management $278 · Fundraising $444$2,817
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,907 · Fundraising $109$3,016
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $495 · Fundraising $250$745
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $787 · Management $104 · Fundraising $85$976
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $814 · Management $1,094$1,908
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,637 · Management $1,286 · Fundraising $1,233$21,156
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,063 · Management $668 · Fundraising $842$2,573
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $122,416 · Management $13,554 · Fundraising $21,290$157,260
Part X · Balance sheet $407,168 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $250,566$177,828
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$225,273
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,798$3,467
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$600
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $253,364$407,168
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,765$1,220
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,265$1,220
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $217,331$353,970
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $19,768$51,978
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $237,099$405,948
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $253,364$407,168
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $405,948 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$326,109
XI-2 Total expenses$157,260
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$168,849
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$237,099
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$405,948

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